MoFi 5500 LTE Router and WiFi Networking for Overlanders and RV

After 5 years of relentless service from our MoFi 4500 Router, we've upgraded to the latest and Greatest MoFi 5500 🖧 Now with Gigabit Ethernet and 5.8 GHz WiFi

In this video, I briefly explain the features and benefits of such a router as we've traveled through 10 countries. It allows us to connect to any cellular carrier or WiFI network and creates our own secure WiFi access point. This allows all of our devices to stay online, connected to the same SSID, without the need to reconfigure everything at every stop.

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0:00 Welcome
0:14 Our Backstory
0:57 Our Orignal MoFi 4500
1:31 The New MoFi 5500
1:55 An Abridged Unboxing
3:03 Router Installation
4:00 Let me show you its features!!
5:29 Buying a SIM and getting online
6:34 Bars 📶 Batteries 🔋 Battlestar Galactica 🛸
8:00 Vanlife-Sprinter-Van-Can 🚐
9:34 MoFi's Wi-Fi Repeater Functionality
11:28 Enterprise-Class Features 🖧
15:00 VPN Support vs Channel Member Support
15:43 Starlink??? 🛰️

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[CITAP]

I was looking at that very unit myself. It certainly beats the smoke, drums, and hand signals I feel I'm using with my current communication supplier at times.

[benoitraby]

Its amazing that you're in Colombia! I live in Suesca, Cundinamarca, one hour north of Bogotá. In 2018-19 I built our family overland rig in many ways based on your lead. Thanks!!! I'm a canadian chiropractor living here in Colombia since 2008. My wife is Katty Guzman, the first Colombian woman to have climbed Everest. We're all about adventure. We met Ulf and Berta in Machetá a couple weeks ago. Same as we told them: you have a base camp in Suesca. I'm sure we can recommend amazing people and places to discover in Colombia!!!

[RichardCrabbe]

Omg the Joerg Sprave references had me laughing my ass off! Thanks, I really needed that. Another great video, hope you guys are doing well.

[nathanshiba]

Hi Jason! First, thank you for all of the information you've freely shared. Second, I'm hoping you will offer your opinion as to whether the MOFI5500 would be a useful and perhaps more flexible alternative to the Netgear M6 (MR6150) Mobile Hotspot router which sells for $700 on sale. TY!

[KillerWhale]

Thank you so much for this video. I was about to build a whole diy network out of a rasberry pi, a client bridge, and a cellular modem. This solution is much more simple, will be more reilable, and I won't have to learn how to use a bunch of different software.

This device will do everything I want, all in one.

[Grinder]

Did not realize there was so much more to getting connected .... the geek is strong in this one.

[heatherm]

So how would you go about extending the antenna to the outside of a "metal box van"? What would you use CAT6?

[florianschadt]

Hey just stumbled upon your videos - You are awesome 👍
So funny that you quote Jörg Sprave. Greetings from Germany.


Just one small thing: wood insulates EM Waves "better" than concrete or metal. (I grew up in a wooden house, wifi was terrible)

Thank you for your videos.

[tlteal]

I have the Mofi5500 on my boat and LOVE IT! I had the verizon MIFI and holy smokes ... now I know what speed really looks like --- no comparison between the two.

[MMOverlandAdventures]

Excellent video and intel Jason!
Thank you.
That is a very nice camping location by the river. Have a great trip!
Bye bye!

[brandonfbarnes]

“If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy”

[howardbrooks]

Aaah yes the Slingshot channel, like you he is very talented in his own area of expertise mainly rubber powered weaponry and magazine fed archery, crossbows .
Yes internet is annoyingly cheap in South America, Noraly paid a mere $1US for 25 gigabytes, here the cheapest rate I could find was $99 for a 12 miserable Gigabytes, however that was three years ago and things have improved slightly though now I use free library WiFi via a WiFi Yagi , I refuse to be mugged by an ISP .

[richardbutterfoss]

You’re killing me Smalls! You make my head hurt! Now I have to study more! Thanks! RWB ❤

[zetldwi]

would really like to see a video on your lte antenna setup

[DaNerd]

you had me at optimal tweeting performance on the toilet 😂

[modotvideo]

i would love to see more info about the antenna performance with the MOFI

[sintax]

Curious if you checked out the Peplink MAX BR1 Mini? I've just started researching this type of off-grid connectivity and was attracted to its claims of seamless "instant hot failover from Starlink to LTE" and their "WAN smoothing" feature to stabilize the zoom calls.

[OStarman]

Great review and I learned more, as always. Thank you! Question re video production: I saw Divinci Resolve on the screen, s I assume that is the editing software you are using, but can you tell me the mfgr/model of that tabletop editing console you were using? Looks like a great unit. Thanks again and have fun!

[curiositylandrover]

Love all your videos - as always excellent information. I hope to be in Central America next year, Belize, with a plan to do Alaska to Chile so interesting to see what you are doing. .

Keep safe and enjoy your travelling. Have a drink on me.

[jameswieser]

Jason, thanks for the great videos! I have a question on the MOFI 5500 bridging you mentioned. I bought one based on this video for my new trailer. It seems that every time you link to a new Access Point you reset the WIFI information, and have to fill it back in. Do you also have this problem? And how did you set failover to use the bridged AP as primary so it doesn't use up the cell data when not needed? Maybe a more in-depth follow up video idea, and aid us on the nuances of the MOFI software. Thanks again! You always have such great content and quality in your videos!